Tuesday, October 02, 2012

The dreaded rear parachute landing fall...

Five U.S. Airmen assigned to the 107th Special Operations Weather Team (SWOT) perform a parachute jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft, not pictured, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Sept. 17, 2012. The purpose of the jump was for SWOT Airmen to maintain proficiency in the skills needed for special operations missions. (DoD photo by Brittani Baisden, U.S. Air Force/Released)
Click on the pic to make it larger but these guys are just all kinds of screwed up...at least when this pic was taken.   Every single one of them except for the very first guy looks to be headed for a rear plf...and the guy who's shrouds are entangled better get to bicycling quick or he's in for even more hurt!

I would love to see how this turned out!
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  1. UnknownWednesday, October 03, 2012 3:51:00 AM

    Sol, could you explain what's going on with those shrouds and why bicycling helps please?

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  2. SolomonWednesday, October 03, 2012 4:23:00 PM

    sorry for the late reply Chris. its surprising cause i thought all special ops guys went off the back ramp of the C-130's. when your lines are wrapped like that it indicates going out the side door and not having a good position and getting spun around. all bicycling does is give you movement to help unwind your lines so you can get into a good position for landing.

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